Horse Halter Options 101

Here are a few of the halter options you’ll have to choose from at the tack store or in horse-wear catalogs.
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Horse Halter Options 101
When you’re looking to purchase a new halter for your horse, you’ll find a large selection in a variety of makes, models, materials, and colors. | Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse

Saddles, bridles, and blankets can wait, but when you buy a horse there’s one piece of equipment that’s absolutely essential: a halter. It’s so necessary that laws in some states require that a horse come with a halter when sold.

Halters strap to a horse’s head and are used for leading and tying the animal (as opposed to a bridle which has a bit and is used for riding). Think of a halter as a collar for horses. In fact, in some areas halters are referred to as “head collars.”

When you’re looking to purchase a new halter for your horse, you’ll find a large selection in a variety of makes, models, materials, and colors. Following are a few of the different halter options you’ll have to choose from at your local tack store or in horse-wear catalogs

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Michelle Anderson is the former digital managing editor at The Horse. A lifelong horse owner, Anderson competes in dressage and enjoys trail riding. She’s a Washington State University graduate and holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in business administration and extensive coursework in animal sciences. She has worked in equine publishing since 1998. She currently lives with her husband on a small horse property in Central Oregon.

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